Willem Delsaux

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Willem Charles Lievin Delsaux (born May 4, 1862 in Ixelles , † August 28, 1945 in Grimbergen ) was a Belgian painter and graphic artist who mainly painted cityscapes and landscapes. He found his motifs mainly in the Belgian cities of Brussels , Antwerp and Charleroi and their surroundings and on the Belgian North Sea coast.

Seascape (private property)

Career

Delsaux studied decorative painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels from 1878 to 1880 . After he finished his studies, he lived and worked in Brussels, belonged to various artist groups and had solo exhibitions in Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp, Paris and London. Delsaux became a lecturer in Charleroi, where he taught drawing, painting and ceramics. During his lifetime he had various exhibitions; In 1972 he received a retrospective in the "Cercle Artistique de Charleroi".

Museums and public collections

Paintings by Willem Delsaux can be found today in:

There are also paintings by Delsaux in the villages of Ixelles and Knocke-Heist , among others in private ownership.

Literature on Willem Delsaux

  • Wim Pas, Greet Pas: Biographical Lexicon Plastic Art in België. Gulden Roos, Antwerp 2000, ISBN 9-07613-802-8 . (Dutch)
  • Wim Pas, Greet Pas: Dictionnaire biographique arts plastiques en Belgique. Gulden Roos, 2000, ISBN 9-07613-803-6 . (French)
  • Paul Piron: De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars van de 19de tot de 21st eeuw. Ludion, Brussels 2016, ISBN 9-49181-964-X . (Dutch)
  • Paul Piron: Dictionnaire des artistes plasticiens de Belgique des XIXe et XXe siècles. Ohain, 2006, ISBN 2-93033-811-3 . (French)

Web links

Commons : Willem Delsaux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willem Charles Lievin Delsaux entry in the Oxford Index. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Delsaux, Willem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delsaux, Willem Charles Lievin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Ixelles
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1945
Place of death Grimbergen